Key Identification Features
- It is also very similar to Costus aureus in its vegetative features, though the two species can be distinguished by their different flower colors.
- Fully open flowers are around 9 cm across, bright yellow with a crisped margin, and feature a large staminodial labellum.
- It is an evergreen herb belonging to the plant family Costaceae, and was formally described as a distinct species in 1866.
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